Florentine Codex, (Med. Palat. 219, c. 326). Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy, 1979. Permission for reproduction granted by Ministero Per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali.		2 of 3   Economic
	MESOAMERICAN CURRENCY recious commodities were used as currency and included jade, spiny red oyster shell beads, cacao beans, cotton cloth, and sea salt. Although everyone used such currencies at markets and fairs, farmers also bartered labor and maize for goods.